Podcasts created for National Parks Traveler

Restoring landscapes can be as simple as cleaning them up and letting nature take over. This video shows how humans and nature collaborated to restore nearly 600 acres of wetlands in Tomales Bay at Point Reyes National Seashore.

National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis thinks the timing of his arrival in Washington couldn't be much better. The image of the national parks has been well-polished courtesy of the Ken Burns' documentary, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, there's a White House occupant who wants to invest in the park system, and, if recent head counts are any indication, Americans are more interested in visiting national parks than they have been in recent years.

How climate change is now impacting national parks, and how it might in the future, has been a hot topic this year. On Thursday a teleconference was held to discuss the latest report on this issue. Here's the audio version.

Take a trip into the swamps of Everglades National Park to explore the botanical wonders.

Jazz is so entirely American in its roots. You can trace those roots at the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, but until you can make the trip, here's a sample courtesy of the National Park Service.

Some might find it hard to believe, but the National Park Service actually runs its own cattle operation. Up in Montana on the Grant-Kohrs National Historic Site the agency preserves a slice of the 19th Century cattle industry.